Balljunge
German, noun/ˈbalˌjʊŋə/
Balljunge is spelled B-A-L-L-J-U-N-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balljunge is a German masculine noun meaning “ball boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Junge, der einen weit aus dem Spiel geratenen Ball holt und wieder für das Spiel zur Verfügung stellt”.
What does Balljunge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineball boy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Junge, der einen weit aus dem Spiel geratenen Ball holt und wieder für das Spiel zur Verfügung stellt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Balljunge
- Balljungen genitive
- Balljungens plural
- Ballmädchen feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Balljunge?
- /ˈbalˌjʊŋə/
- [ˈbalˌjʊŋə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Balljunge in German?
Balljunge appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).